Islamabad vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Islamabad	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$389	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1027	$2005
🏠 One person rent	$169	$395
🏘️ Family rent	$398	$726
🍽️ Food expenses	$140	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$33.8	$38.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$221	$626
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	67	43
😀 Quality of life	51	63
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.08M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 52% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8988th and 6335th ($389 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Pakistan and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Islamabad compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6200th and 4845th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Islamabad vs Nur-Sultan infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/islamabad/nur-sultan.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Islamabad vs Nur-Sultan infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/islamabad/nur-sultan" target="_blank">Islamabad vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Islamabad vs Nur-Sultan

Prices for goods and services in Islamabad and Nur-Sultan are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Islamabad	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.35	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.3	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.33	$6.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.18	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$1.67	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.3	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$139	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$85.2	$319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$397	$916
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$269	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.4	$33
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$51
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.6	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.42%	15.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$791	$1172
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$489	$815
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.43	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.2	$4.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.19	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.54	$5.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$7.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$2.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.81	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.7	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$3.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.05	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.67	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.1	$56
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.6	$5.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$7.98	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.87	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.9	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.4	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$51.4	$238
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1443	$8086

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$331
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$238
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$278
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$335
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$281
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$311
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$352
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$307
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$277
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$393
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$330
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$303
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$298
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$399
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$240
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$344
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$268
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$347
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$289
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$386
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$364
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$337
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$508
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$260
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$399
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$423
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$290
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$449
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$394
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$567
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$328
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$338
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$448
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$307
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$455
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$401

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$628
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$660
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$620
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$628
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$605
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$402
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$598
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$579
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$641
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$734
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$637
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$488
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$636
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$551
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$640
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$593
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$487
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$564
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$657
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$448
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$497
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$582
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$878
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$479
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$653
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$676
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$560
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$347
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$935
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$398
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1051
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$651